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Dynamic probes of quantum spin chains with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2007-12-21 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We consider the spin-1/2 anisotropic XY chain in a transverse (z) field with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction directed along z-axis in spin space to examine the effect of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction on the zz, xx and yy dynamic structure factors. Using the Jordan-Wigner fermionization approach we analytically calculate the dynamic transverse spin structure factor. It is governed by a two-fermion excitation continuum. We analyze the effect of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction on the two-fermion excitation continuum. Other dynamic structure factors which are governed by many-fermion excitations are calculated numerically. We discuss how the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction manifests itself in the dynamic properties of the quantum spin chain at various fields and temperatures.

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@article{arxiv.0712.3361,
  title  = {Dynamic probes of quantum spin chains with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction},
  author = {Oleg Derzhko and Taras Verkholyak and Taras Krokhmalskii and Helmut Büttner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.3361},
  year   = {2007}
}